A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERIZATION OF FRANK McCOURT’ NOVEL ANGELA’S ASHES
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HERLINDA SITUNGKIR REG. NO: 072202040
DIPLOMA III ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA 2010
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ABSTRAK Kegiatan menulis memegang peranan penting dalam setiap pembelajaran ilmu bahasa. Menulis merupakan sarana untuk menuangkan ide atau pokok pikian dalam sebuah tulisan, dan tulisan tersebut berfungsi untuk menyampakan informasi pada pembaca. Kertas karya ini berjudul A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERIZATION OF FRANK McCOURT’ NOVEL ANGELA’S ASHES yang mempelajari tentang penokohan atau peran dari novel karya FRANK McCOURT yang berjudul ANGELA’S ASHES. Novel ini mengisahkan tentang perjuangan seorang anak ( Frank McCourt ) untuk bertahan hidup. Frank McCourt, yang menghabiskan masa kecil dan remajanya dalam keluarga miskin di Irlandia, dan cita- citanya untuk pergi ke Amerika, tempat dia dilahirkan. Sebuah penuturan tentang bagaimana bertahan hidup yang dikelilingi kemiskinan, cuaca yang tidak bersahabat, penyakit, kematian, dan kekuasaan pemuka agama, dan berjuang demi kehidupan yang lebih baik. Dalam sebuah novel terdapat beberapa unsur intrinsic. Salah satunya adalah penokohan. Tanpa unsur tokoh, cerita novel tidak akan ada. Dalam kertas karya ini, penulis menggambarkan tokoh- tokoh yang terdapat dalam novel Angela’s Ashes. Penggambaran tokoh ini tidak hanya terbatas pada deskripsi fisik saja, teta[pi juga perilaku berdasarkan apa yang mereka ucapkan dan lakukan sebagaimana yang digambarkan dalam novel tersebut. Tujuan penggambaran novel ini adalah untuk menggambarkan bagaimana sifat tokoh- tokoh dalam novel tersebut. Dalam penulisan kertas karya ini penulis menggunakan metode studi kepustakaan yaiut menggunakan bukubuku yang berhubungan dengan topic kertas karya ini. Selain itu, penulis juga menelusuri beberapa situs dari internet yang berhubungan dengan topic yang di bahas dalam kertas karya ini.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The clock is ticking. My time in English Department, Faculty of Letters, is ending soon. For these long three years, I have got a lot of knowledge and experiences. Beyond those precious things, I owe a big responsibility to English Department that is making a paper on requirement on Diploma III (D III). In completing this paper, there are many people stand for me to give support. First of all, I would like to thank to Jesus Christ, for giving me this huge blessing and love so that I am able to complete my study in English Department and finish my paper on time. I would like to thank to the Dean of Faculty letters, Dr. Syaifuddin, M.A Ph.D and the Head of English Department, Dra. Syahyar Hanum . Further I would like to be grateful to my supervisor, Dra. Redita Lubis, Dipl. Apl. Ling., M. Hum. who is so generous with her valuable advice, guidance, and time in correcting this paper. My gratitude is also dedicated to my reader Mahmud Arief Albar, SS., MA, and for all my lectures who have shared their priceless knowledge and guidance so that I have provisions in accomplishing this paper. My very special thanks is dedicated to people around me, who always encourage me in facing my daily live and my study. I present a deepest and a sincere gratitude to my beloved parents, Malo Jogi Situngkir and Donsianim Br. Jabat , for the endless love, care ness, and the unlimited prayers and support. For my sister, Lasria, and all of brothers, thanks
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for the support and care ness in all this time and thax to k”martha Too who always bother me but not for serious things just make me laugh. To my best friends, PHAT_girls: My best friend Luki Trina Melfa, Mindouli, Anna Maria, Siska, Evelina, Evalya, Mariati, Ledianti, and Regina, thank you for the sincere love and the support. We have been together in passing our study and I know that we will leave our dream soon. For them, who can not be mentioned one by one, thanks for being my friends and understanding me. Finally, with all limitation of my knowledge, I admit this paper is not perfect and may contain weaknesses and errors. I will appreciate any further constructive criticism from the readers. Thus, the responsibility is due to me. I hope this paper would be useful to the readers in future.
Medan, April, 2010 The writer
Herlinda Situngkir Reg. No: 072202022
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TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................i ACKNOWLADGEMENTS .............................................................................ii TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................iv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION......................................................................1 1.1 The Background of Study .................................................................1 1.2 The Scope of Study ...........................................................................2 1.3 The Purpose of Study ........................................................................2 1.4 The Significance of Study.................................................................2 1.5 The Method of Study ........................................................................3
CHAPTER II A CHARACTERIZATION AS ONE OF THE INSTRINSIC ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE ...........................................4 2.1 Plot ..........................................................................................................4 2.2 Point of View ..........................................................................................5 2.3 Setting .....................................................................................................7 2.4 Character .................................................................................................7
CHAPTER III A BRIEF STUDY OF CHARACTERIZATION OF FRANK McCOURT’ NOVEL ANGELA’S ASHES ...................10 3.1 Frankie (Frank McCourt ) .......................................................................11 iv
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3.2 Angela .....................................................................................................22 3.3 Malachy McCourt ...................................................................................26 CHAPTER IV CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ................................ 4.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................29 4.2 Suggestions ............................................................................................29 BILBIOGRAPHY APPEDICES BIOGRAPHY OF AUTOR
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